Karen Allen
Born
October 5, 1951 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Carrollton, Illinois, USA
Karen Jane Allen (born October 5, 1951) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Allen has also had roles in films including National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Starman (1984), Scrooged (1988), The Sandlot (1993), and Poster Boy (2004).
Known For
The Easy Kind
Kathy
2024
Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
Nancy Smith
2024
A Stage of Twilight
Cora
2024
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
Self
2024
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Self
2023
Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs
Marion (voice)
2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Marion
2023
The Last Movie Stars
Frances Woodward (voice) · (1 episode)
2022
The Last Movie Stars
Self · (1 episode)
2022
The Last Movie Stars
Self / Frances Woodward · (1 episode)
2022
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Self - Actress (archive footage)
2021
Things Heard & Seen
Mare Laughton
2021
50 States of Fright
Sheriff Stallings · (3 episodes)
2020
Josh Gates Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Colewell
Nora
2019
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud.
director
2017
Year by the Sea
Joan
2016
Bad Hurt
Elaine Kendall
2016
November Christmas
Claire Sanford
2011
White Irish Drinkers
Margaret
2011
Blue Bloods
Betty Lowe · (1 episode)
2010
A Dog Year
Paula (voice)
2009
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Marion Ravenwood
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills
Self
2006
Shaka Zulu: The Citadel
Katherine Farewell
2005
When Will I Be Loved
Alexandra Barrie
2004
Poster Boy
Eunice Kray
2004
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
self
2003
Plain Dirty
Butcher Lee
2003
World Traveler
Delores
2002
In the Bedroom
Marla Keyes
2001
My Horrible Year!
Belinda Faulkner
2001
The Perfect Storm
Melissa Brown
2000
Wind River
Martha
2000
The Basket
Bessie Emery
2000
Falling Sky
Resse Nicholson
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Paula Varney · (1 episode)
1999
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Katy
1998
All the Winters that Have Been
Hannah Raven
1997
'Til There Was You
Betty Dawkan (Nick's Mom)
1997
Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story
Margaret
1996
The Road Home
Alison Matson · (6 episodes)
1994
Ghost in the Machine
Terry Munroe
1993
King of the Hill
Miss Mathey
1993
Voyage
Catherine 'Kit' Norvell
1993
The Sandlot
Mom
1993
Rapture
Georgianne Corcoran
1993
Malcolm X
Miss Dunne
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Poems
(voice)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Nonsense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes
(voice)
1992
The Turning
Glory Lawson
1992
Sweet Talker
Julie Maguire
1991
Law & Order
Judith Sandler · (1 episode)
1990
Secret Weapon
Ruth
1990
Challenger
Christa McAuliffe
1990
Animal Behavior
Alex Bristow
1989
Scrooged
Claire Phillips
1988
Backfire
Mara McAndrew
1988
The Glass Menagerie
Laura Wingfield
1987
Terminus
Gus
1987
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Jackie Foster · (1 episode)
1985
Starman
Jenny Hayden
1984
Until September
Mo Alexander
1984
Split Image
Rebecca / Amy
1982
Shoot the Moon
Sandy
1982
The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'
Self
1981
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Self (archive footage)
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Marion Ravenwood
1981
A Small Circle of Friends
Jessica Bloom
1980
Cruising
Nancy Gates
1980
The Wanderers
Nina
1979
Manhattan
Television Actor #2
1979
Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part II
Elizabeth
1978
The Cutting Room Floor
East of Eden
Abra · (3 episodes)
1981
Knots Landing
Annie Fairgate · (1 episode)
1979
Animal House
Katy
1978